How do you measure all types of emf with one emf meter?
For most people, these are the 2 best emf meters for home use:
1) Cornett ED 88t https://amzn.to/2JCg0GW
2) Trifield TF2 https://amzn.to/2Q4djiv
Trifield 100 XE https://amzn.to/2W1reLG
Trifield TF2 https://amzn.to/2Q4djiv
Cornett ED 88t https://amzn.to/2JCg0GW
Acoustimeter Am-10 https://amzn.to/2HiNVmC
Gigahertz Solutions https://amzn.to/2PY1lXC
Meterk https://amzn.to/2Hfn6iU
Alpha Labs UHS-2 https://amzn.to/2VgKqkc
DO NOT BUY THIS ONE BY MISTAKE!!! – https://amzn.to/2E78pMT
Video Transcript (AI Generated)
Alright, today’s EMF meter question is from Zach.
Zach asked for me to complete a blog post but I just haven’t had time so I can make him a video in about 5 minutes that will help with this.
So it says, “Hello Matt, thanks for your reply.
I would appreciate your recommendations for measuring magnetic fields, electric fields, body voltage, and RF in a reliable and affordable way.
I understand that it will require multiple meters to measure them all.
Cost is a concern, however not at the sake of reliability.
I’d like to be able to measure a sauna and then use them around the house as well.”
Okay Zach, well unfortunately if you want to measure everything reliably you’re going to need separate meters for certain stuff.
The thing that I would tell you not to buy is a Tri-Field 100 XE which is what most people say to buy.
That is an analog, I’ve got one right here actually.
I should have brought the meters out here before I started this, I’m sorry.
I’m not really set up to do this right this moment but the meter that I would say not to buy is this one.
There’s a Tri-Field TF2 that most people say is much improved that will supposedly be a tri-mode meter and do all things well.
I own it, I bought it, I have it somewhere in the other room, maybe in the sauna room.
I would say that’s not the case.
It does two things pretty well.
It’ll measure electric fields and magnetic fields very well for what it is and for the cost.
I think it’s about $160.
I’m going to put a link to the exact meters that I would recommend in the YouTube description below.
Then I’m also going to separate them so it’ll be the meters that I think are good and then below that I’m going to put some links to meters that I think you should avoid.
Now the reason that I’m doing that is because sometimes when you look on Amazon or something like that some of the meters will have great reviews but they’re from people that have never compared this stuff.
Part of the reason is, for example, let me take these off.
Well actually I think you can see them.
Part of the reason is even if you have a Trifield TF2 and it measures electric and magnetic fields very well, the RF sensitivity is improved on that one, better than this one, but it’s not improved to the point where it would compete with an acoustometer.
This is an AM10 acoustometer.
This is the model number.
I’ll put a link in the YouTube description below directly to it.
This is one of the best RF meters that you can buy for household use for a couple hundred dollars.
The sensitivity is great.
It doesn’t have an external antenna so if you’re trying to measure like cell phone antennas or stuff that’s really far away or things coming in from outside the house, it’s not really going to do that directional long range stuff very well because it doesn’t have an antenna like that.
You could line a shoebox with foil paper and then stick this in it and you can kind of make it directional for discovering things in the home, but the RF sensitivity on this is good enough to detect how much Wi-Fi you’re getting from a router even when it’s on the other end of the house or if you’ve got a neighbor or anything like that.
If you’re in an apartment and you’ve got somebody below you or above you or whatever, it definitely has plenty of sensitivity to detect that stuff.
It will help you filter out pretty much, it’ll detect if you have Bluetooth on on a TV, a surround sound system that’s wireless, if that stuff reaches in the bedroom even though it’s in the living room.
Very, very, very good meter.
I would highly recommend this if you want to measure RF.
As long as you’re not doing cell phone tower stuff, like I say, or long range high frequency, this is probably the best meter for everybody for doing RF, which is Bluetooth.
The frequency response is also fast enough to detect spikes in a smart meter as long as they’re not really, really, really rapid.
But for most people and almost all smart meters, this is plenty good.
RF sensitivity on the Tri-Fields, even the TF2 is not my favorite.
That’s probably what I’d recommend.
If you only say you only have $200 to spend and you can only buy one meter, how do we get this in the shot?
I would buy this.
This is a Cornet ED88T.
Again, I’m going to put a link in the YouTube description directly to these because the Cornet ED78T does not have the same functionality as this.
So make damn sure that when you check these out on Amazon or wherever you want to buy it, that the actual model number is the one that I’m talking about because they look identical to each other, but you’ve got to get this one.
So this one has pretty good RF sensitivity.
So it will also detect all that stuff.
It does electric and magnetic fields fairly well.
It’s not going to be as accurate as say a triple axis gauss meter, which is the Alpha Labs that’s usually right here.
If you want the best of the best, you’re going to have to watch a longer video than I have.
It’s about 15 minutes long.
Maybe it’s not uploaded yet.
It might be in the queue.
Sometimes videos take forever to get uploaded and set up and published.
But basically I lay all the meters that I have out and I talk about the pros and the cons of each one.
If you wanted the best of the best, you would have to get an electric fields meter like the Gigahertz Solutions that I have in the other room.
You’d have to get an Acousticom, I’m sorry, Acoustimeter AM10.
Here I am saying the wrong thing.
Another reason why I put the links in there.
And then you’d also have to get a gauss meter that’s triple axis if you truly want the best of the best.
But those three meters combined are probably going to run you over $1,000 just for those.
So I would probably say that that’s overkill for most people.
What I would recommend is just kind of tailoring it to your situation.
If you give me more details, actually you did give me details, didn’t you?
Yeah, so to measure the sauna, I mean you can pretty much get away with a Tri-Field TF2 or this Cornet meter right here.
And both of those will do RF.
The Cornet’s going to do it a little better.
If you wanted to do it the other way around, you could get a Tri-Field TF2 which is a little bit cheaper than the Cornet.
I think it’s about $160.
And then this is a couple hundred dollars.
And this will measure your RF and your Bluetooth very well.
I hope that makes sense.
If not, I can always make you another video.
Sorry it took me so long to get to your question.